Quote Originally Posted by Cybylt View Post
That's because dragon's physical development is entirely based upon the aether they absorb through their eyes as they age. At different phases of life they hit thresholds which, based on elemental balances and imbalances, metamorphose them into the varied forms of dragons we see.

The Ronkan Empire had Ronso royalty, the Drahn made up the priesthood.

Also we do know what Vrtra and Azdaja look like from The First Brood portrait in the first Encyclopedia. They don't have Auri features, one of them doesn't even have horns, and the one that does has feathers and a beak, and neither fall into Auri coloration.
Interesting; was that something revealed via Omega quests or the lorebooks? Because my lore-snooping on the web didn’t turn up anything, but the Final Fantasy wiki is also pretty spotty on some info.

That said, hilariously when I dug for the First Brood art, the one that immediately struck me as Auri-like is Ratastokr (going off the four curved horns matching with the heavily stylized depiction of her). That said though, when I said “Auri-like traits”, I was thinking more in the sense of horns that aid hearing and the dimorphism. The latter of which was only said to not be widely seen. The only lines of dragons we’ve seen are Hraesvelgr’s and Nidhogg’s, and these are most likely the dragons most Eorzeans are familiar with.

Can’t remember off the top of my head if Ratastokr had her own brood, but if dragons are shaped by aether, it does raise some interesting possibilities on what could happen after several generations and any potential crossbreeding with Spoken.

But of course, with Azdaja and Vrtra not quite fitting the bill for the Dawn Father and Dusk Mother look, that brings us back to Bahamut/Tiamat for the dragon theory. XD

Also, just for the record, I personally believe that if Auri have any relation at all to dragons, it would be very distant at best. Which could be why dragons don’t really find Auri particularly notable from an in-universe perspective. Evidently though, Othard has had dragons at SOME point, but they sadly weren’t ever shown in Stormblood and I would kill for more dragon lore in a future expac because the dragon lore in this game is so good.